Disperis falcatipetala P.J.Cribb & la Croix 2002

Drawing courtesy of © Dominique Karadjoff and his Madagascar Orchid Website

Common Name The Falcate Petal Disperis

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in northern Madagascar in ridge-top montane forests at elevations of 1700 to 1800 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing terrestrial with 3, distant, suberect to spreading, ovate, obtuse, green with purple markings leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, clustered, few flowered inflorescence.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Madagascar Hermans, Du Puy, Cribb and Bosser 2007; Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar Cribb & Hermans 2009

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